Permutations And Combinations Question 164

Question: A student is to answer 10 out of 13 questions in an examination such that he must choose at least 4 from the first five questions. The number of choices available to him is [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]

Options:

A) 140

B) 196

C) 280

D) 346

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

  • Number of ways for select 4 Questions out of 5 Questions. Number of ways $ ={{}^{5}}C_4=5 $ Remaining Questions =8 Remaining Questions for solving =6 \ Number of ways $ {{}^{8}}C_6=28 $ Number of total ways $ {{=}^{5}}C_4\times {{}^{8}}C_6 $ $ =5\times 28 $ $ =140 $ .


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